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Local Growers Shut Out Of Gourmet Potatoes

Most Manitobans have seen the Peak of the Market ads depicting a friendly, caring president Larry McIntosh. What most people do not see is the dictatorial way Peak operates. Last year they forced local gardener Trevor Schriemer to quit growing small gourmet potatoes because he was told that he was bypassing the Peak potato board.
Opinion

Peak Article A Red Herring

I enjoyed your recent Peak of the Market article, which revealed it for the Mafioso cartel that it is, including inducing a “climate of fear” on growers. It also shows how the regulations stifle innovation, as in the $10,000 fine to someone who sprayed colour enhancer on the potatoes. But in my opinion this article
Beef cattle, Livestock, Opinion

Some Advice For The Meat Industry

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The real battle is for the hearts and minds of John Q. and Jill E. Public. And so far the industry has ended up with a black eye. If beef producers were to give advice to industry officials, what might they say? January is meeting month for agricultural producers, when industry officials and other experts
Opinion

Farming The Weather

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Once more, the fickle Manitoba winter unleashed its fury last week, leaving closed highways and schools in its wake. For the uninitiated, it was hell frozen over. For the hardy Manitoban, it was a good day to zip up the coat. The tractor still had to start, the chores still needed doing, and every doorway
Opinion

Being Good Neighbours

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H ow are you? Try counting sometime how often in a day you exchange that greeting with family, friends, colleagues and neighbours. And then think about how often you listen – really listen – to the answer. If Gerry Friesen is right, and we suspect he is, there’s more than a few of us living
Cereals, Opinion

Letters – for Feb. 4, 2010

Government argument insulting I spent Wednesday, Jan. 20 sitting in Federal Court in Winnipeg as a farmer-applicant on behalf of the Friends of the Canadian Wheat Board. Our case is about the voter manipulation by the federal government in 2008 in our farmer-funded Canadian Wheat Board (CWB) director elections. Instead of using the majority of
Opinion

MAAS 2010 –A Youth’s Perspective

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Editor’s note: Attracting young blood into leadership roles in rural organizations can be a challenge. The first problem is finding it, as youth often leave their communities to follow their careers, and the second – to make them feel welcome. The following piece suggests the Manitoba Association of Agricultural Societies is on the right track.
Opinion

The Colour Of Farm Politics

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A lot of Europeans travel but don’t seem to worry about consuming GM crops while on holiday in another country. Green is the new Red. In other words, a big part of the Green movement is fuelled by people with a philosophy that used to be called Red – a philosophy that’s anti-business and anti-development.
Opinion

2010 — The Year Of The Commodity Fund

2 010 may turn out to be the year of the commodity fund. Burnt by the financial crisis of the last two years, money managers are now raising sharply the amount of money allocated to raw materials such as oil, gold, copper, sugar and coffee. The value of commodity funds looks set to grow by
Livestock, Opinion, Other livestock

Taking Ownership

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Farmers have heard lots about value lately – value-added processing, value chains and supply chain partnerships. But quite frankly, the “how” of where these initiatives will add to their bottom lines has remained elusive. Of course, value-added developments often mean additional or expanded marketing opportunities, but many of these tend to be small and selected,

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